Re: Sympathy for machinery,

Posted by karl f on February 24, 2007 at 23:43:08 from (209.23.170.70):

In Reply to: Sympathy for machinery, posted by kirk in ks, on February 24, 2007 at 21:38:02:

we have a problem :) lol
well there is a fine line, or large grey area in our case where you are no longer a collector/enthusiast but someone with a real problem. i think as long as the item is either stored or protected to remain functional (or not degrade to a lesser state if it's broken) or you do actually use it and keeping it doesnt cause a health, family or other important hardship, you're fine--keep your priorties in order.
it's important to fight back at our throw-away society, unless of course you're holding onto garbage! unfortunately old implements only have value to someone that wants one. many are so worn that they are not rebuildable and should be considered scrap. but it's hard to keep a sense of reality when you are passionate about something. :) and somebody has to fix a few up so the future knows what used to exist!
an example of the bad side of saving old stuff: my family has a lot of old stuff sitting around the farm not preserved and while i like the old stuff i'd almost rather see it gone since we cant take care of it and have no use for it, but we also have the bad mindset that its worth a lot when in reality every year that it sits neglected probably has actually started to cost us after 30+ years of sitting taking up valuable land for buildings or crops! and everyone that inquires about anything is run off the place on a rail...

this reality check and vent session was brought to you by budweiser and cabin fever...

so anyway have fun collecting!

-karl f

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